Was the forecast right for Orlando on Thu Oct 8?
Orlando, Florida · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ORL observations
14 days out, 4 models put Orlando's Thu Oct 8 high anywhere from 77° to 82°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 79°. The day verified at 81° against the ORL observations, with 1.43 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.1°. UKMO ran 5° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Oct 8 as each model's runs approached it — the last archived run per day. NBM and The Spread's own blend are consensus products and stay out of these ranges and rankings; the Orlando scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-09-23 | — | 85° | — | — | 91° | — | — | 85–91° |
| 14d · 2026-09-24 | 77° | 82° | 82° | — | 81° | — | — | 77–82° |
| 13d · 2026-09-25 | 79° | 90° | 80° | — | 89° | — | — | 79–90° |
| 12d · 2026-09-26 | 80° | 75° | 84° | — | 90° | — | — | 75–90° |
| 11d · 2026-09-27 | 80° | 76° | 88° | — | 90° | — | — | 76–90° |
| 10d · 2026-09-28 | 77° | 86° | 80° | — | 92° | — | — | 77–92° |
| 9d · 2026-09-29 | 80° | 79° | 81° | 77° | 87° | — | — | 77–87° |
| 8d · 2026-09-30 | 82° | 83° | 81° | 76° | 85° | — | — | 76–85° |
| 7d · 2026-10-01 | 80° | 75° | 79° | 78° | 92° | 78° | — | 75–92° |
| 6d · 2026-10-02 | 81° | 81° | 82° | 78° | 84° | 78° | 86° | 78–86° |
| 5d · 2026-10-03 | 82° | 86° | 78° | 85° | 84° | 77° | 83° | 77–86° |
| 4d · 2026-10-04 | 81° | 85° | 79° | 83° | 82° | 85° | 82° | 79–85° |
| 3d · 2026-10-05 | 82° | 82° | 79° | 78° | 84° | 82° | 81° | 78–84° |
| 2d · 2026-10-06 | 81° | 82° | 75° | 74° | 84° | 83° | 76° | 74–84° |
| 1d · 2026-10-07 | 80° | 80° | 78° | 79° | 81° | 78° | 76° | 76–81° |
| actual | 81° |
Read it honestly
This is one date, not a league table. A model can win a day it deserved to lose; rankings only mean something over a window. For that, see which model has been most accurate in Orlando — or every city The Spread scores.
Forecasts are what each model's archived runs said at the time, captured at The Spread's sweep times — never reconstructed after the fact. Truth is the ORL observations. The actual values are the ones in hand when this receipt was settled, usually 2 days after the date; a correction published after that is not carried into it. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.